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Location

How to get there

  • By Airplane
    • Olympic Airlines
    • From Spata of Attica (airport "ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS") to Naxos (the airport is 1 km. S. from Chora), flights are transacted the entire year.
    • Informations:
      OA Athens,tel.: 210 9666666
      OA Naxos, tel.: 22850 23043
      Naxos Airport tel. : 22850 23292
    • www.olympicair.com
  • By Ferry


About Naxos Island

In the heart of Cyclades, in the heart of Aegean, Naxos has, always, followed the destiny of adventure of residents of Aegean. This destiny is interwoven with travel, exchanges, new techniques and pioneering ideas, but also with wars and conflicts over the hegemony of sea.
Everything is big - imposing -, compared with the rest of Cyclades islands. The extent of the island is 435 sq. km and the length of coasts 91 km.
The form is an ellipsoid and with a mountainous volume from North to South across the island.
In the backbone of this ridge dominate Za Mountain (1004 m.) and Fanari (908 m.) the highest in Cyclades.
The landscape of the island has many rotations. Plains succeed barren areas, marble mountains lead in deep shadowed glens, areas with vegetation host all white villages and sandy beaches meet the sea.
The coastline of the island is almost straight and not forming large natural harbours, which affected the occupations of residents from the ancient years. In the island from end to end beautiful and clean coasts are situated next to small solitary coves. The ground of island is blessed and provides self-sufficiency to life of this place.... Visit: www.naxos.gr

Naxos Town